René Basset
René Basset (24 July 1855 – 4 January 1924) was a French orientalist, specialist of the Berber language and the Arabic language.
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| Born | 24 July 1855 |
| Died | 4 January 1924 (aged 68) Algiers |
| Occupation | Linguist |
Biography
René Basset was the first director of the "École des lettres d'Alger"[1] created in 1879[1] during the French colonisation of Algeria.
A member of the société Asiatique of Paris as well as those of Leipzig and Florence, he collaborated with the Journal Asiatique and studied Chinese Islam.
André Basset and Henri Basset were his sons.
Publications
- Étude sur la zenatia du Mzab [2]
- Notes de lexicographie berbère, 1887. sur le site Archive[3]
- La Religion des Berbères de l’antiquité jusqu’à l'islam, Les Belles Lettres ISBN 978-9931-328-03-2
- Prières des musulmans chinois, Éditions Ernest Leroux, 1878
- Recherches sur la religion des Berbères, 1910.[4]
- Son anthologie Mille et un contes, récits et légendes arabes a été rééditée sous la direction de Aboubakr Chraïbi, chez José Corti, Collection Merveilleux n° 29, 2005, 2 tomes, 504 et 702 p. (édition originale parue en 1924 chez Maisonneuve frères). ISBN 2-7143-0858-9
Honours
- Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur
- Officiere of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- Grand-officier of the Nichan Iftikhar
- Commandeur of the Order of Menelik II
- Chevalier of the Order of St. Sylvester
References
- L'Économie, entre sciences humaines et sciences de la nature. Revue de l'Histoire des sciences humaines. 7. Villeneuve d'Ascq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion. 2002. p. 197. ISBN 9782859397623. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- https://archive.org/details/NotesDeLexicographieBerbre
- Basset, René (1910). Recherches sur la religion des Berbères (in French). Paris: E. Leroux.
Bibliography
- Qui êtes-vous ? Annuaire des contemporains. Notices biographiques (in French). Paris: C. Delagrave. 1924. p. 44..
- Guy Basset, « Basset, René (1855-1924) », in L'Algérie et la France, (p. 96–97)
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